Claire has been hard at work over the last few days designing our new home. Palace might be a more apt description!! She is really taking a shine to the whole idea of getting our new floating home designed from the ground up and is already on "Alice Capel" ver 2.0.1 I think!!
Not to worry, I'll leave her to it, she has a knack of being able to make anything look homely. I'll just worry about the cost of this venture and gently try to nudge her in the direction of that nice CHEAP 2nd hand boat we saw in the marina ;-)
Another niggle that has been concerning me over the last few days is how I can maintain my geekiness on the narrowboat. After all a few batteries and an inverter isn't exactly going to give me the levels of global warming electricity I need as a true geek to power all my gadgets and pc's!! After all I have to have the largest carbon footprint I can muster, that's what being a geek is all about. The off switch is an anthaema to true geeks, why switch off when standby and sleep mode are there just asking to be used. However 2 laptops and 3 desktop pc's, a server perhaps, a router, mobile phones on charge, oh, and a games console or 3 will soon drain all the life out of the boat's batteries. This need some deep thought.
All this sounds a bit negative. Don't worry though, I am quite enthusiastic about the whole project. The idea of parking my entire home outside a nice country pub serving well kept real ale makes it all worthwhile. Just think, country pub, real ale, nice meal and not having to drive home afterwards, perfect!!
Thursday, 6 September 2007
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Yes, you know he wanted to call his new blog geek on a boat but I intervened and suggested he call it geek afloat - it trips off the tongue much more easily. As for the batteries onboard, at the rate he's going I will need to design a room just to house the batteries!!
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